Bing Xu: The App Store Era Should End — Apps Will Be Generated On Demand
bingxu_ · x · 2026-09-04
Bing Xu argues the App Store era should end: the future is apps generated on demand and disposable. He says he used Astra to spin up an app for his kid to play with during a trip, and it worked great. Though he paused his Agentic AOSP effort, he stands by this vision of app generation.
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